The current novel that I’m thoroughly enjoying is MUDBOUND by Hillary Jordan. Here’s the snippet from Amazon:

“In Jordan’s prize-winning debut, prejudice takes many forms, both subtle and brutal. It is 1946, and city-bred Laura McAllan is trying to raise her children on her husband’s Mississippi Delta farm―a place she finds foreign and frightening. In the midst of the family’s struggles, two young men return from the war to work the land. Jamie McAllan, Laura’s brother-in-law, is everything her husband is not―charming, handsome, and haunted by his memories of combat. Ronsel Jackson, eldest son of the black sharecroppers who live on the McAllan farm, has come home with the shine of a war hero. But no matter his bravery in defense of his country, he is still considered less than a man in the Jim Crow South. It is the unlikely friendship of these brothers-in-arms that drives this powerful novel to its inexorable conclusion.”

I have fun news to share with you next week so check back on Monday! Have a cozy weekend and thanks for chatting!

35 Responses to Coffee Chat Episode 10 | It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

I love the Longhorns – I have several in my house and love using them for decorating. I just finished reading Mudbound and loved it! It was so good I could hardly put it down and so sad it ended! Great recommendation – what do you recommend next? I love your blog – followed you and your family on your trip and I felt like I was in all those places too! Thanks for sharing! Pamela

I LOVE the long horns! Think they look great over the bed. I have several of them in my house. Also, just finished the gookm”Mudbound” on you recommendation and it was so good, I could hardly put it down. So deep and moving. Let us know what your reading next! Love your blog and followed you all along your trip! I feel like I know you – thanks for sharing. Pamela

I love these coffee chats that are in random places! It really fells like we just ran into each other and stopped to talk for a minuet before going on with our regularly scheduled lives. So fun! Thanks for sharing!

Longhorns in the bedroom?! Please…not you Emily?!?! I have abhorred the look of longhorns, antlers, animal skulls and the like since they first burst into the world of home decor. I recently watched an episode of the ever popular ‘Fixer Upper’ and heaven help her, she put a teeny tiny set of antlers in a nursery she had decorated! I love your blog Emily and everything about you and your family. I’ll refrain from any further comment about the longhorns.

It was great to see you outside for the coffee chat today Em. I would love for you to do more outside so we can see more of Seattle. Although with winter on its way it may be more difficult. I don’t mind a historical fiction novel either. I read a fantastic series quite a few years ago. It was the Zion Covenant series by Brock and Bodie Theone. Husband and wife team. It’s set in the second world war. As for the longhorns. They look great. I’m not sure I would feel safe with them above my bed though. The beauty with decorating is you can change things as often as you like. xx

I love the longhorns and think they are perfect above your bed! I feel they should stay just where they are! Their neutral colors go great in your room and they are a real focal point. I live in Dallas and horns/antlers are very popular in decorating here, but they have to be authentic and the real thing in my opinion (too many imitations out there). I love Oklahoma, but yes, they will tell you to turn the horns downward–a “football” trick against our Texas Longhorns. I rarely see them placed downward in decorating. Anyway, I love the look of yours in your bedroom. HOOK ‘EM HORNS!

I personally love the longhorns above your bed! We however, have an elk rack above our bed! ? Not something this CA girl ever imagined she would be good with as part of home decor but I’m totally on board now. Adds a great masculine feel to our normally feminine bedroom.

Yay for another coffee chat :). I really like that you post these more often now. It’s a fun departure from reading the words on the page and getting to see you talk about things you’re excited about…keep it up!